Operation Superbowl

Operation Superbowl (18 March 2006) was a military operation of the Iraq War carried out by the United States against the Iraqi insurgents at the strategically-important Samawah Oil Refinery 280 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The Americans succeeded in capturing the oil refinery from the insurgents, and it was a US victory.

History
The Samawah Oil Refinery, 280 kilometers to the southwest of Baghdad, was an important strategic resource for the insurgency. The Iraqi insurgents used the oil to fund their insurgency, selling the oil to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States in exchange for money and arms. Samawah's importance was the reason that the United States decided to launch an offensive against the insurgents there, and the insurgents resisted them in the refinery's premises. Operation Superbowl resulted in a US victory, with the Americans succeeding in taking out several insurgents and depriving the rebels of their most important oil refinery. The US victory cut off al-Qaeda in Iraq's oil network from the refinery, and it was a strategic triumph despite heavy losses.